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Europe's top rights court says Switzerland is not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on the responsibility of states in curbing global warming. SOUNDBITE
Images outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's top court, ahead of a landmark ruling on allegation of genocide in Gaza -- a case that has sparked global attention. The case was brought by South Africa, which has accused Israel of breaching the UN Genocide Convention, set up in 1948 as the world reeled from the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators chant slogans and make public speeches in Cape Town as Israel will face accusations lodged by South Africa at the UN's top court that it has committed "genocidal" acts in Gaza, charges the country's president dismissed as "atrocious" and "preposterous". IMAGES
Eleven judges of the Israeli Supreme Court enter the court room at the beginning of petition hearing on an amendment to one of Israel's Basic Laws, the country's quasi-constitution, specifying the conditions for temporary removal of a prime minister, or the so-called "incapacitation law". Critics have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to use the reforms to quash possible judgements against him, an accusation he rejects. IMAGES
Israel's Supreme Court begins a hearing on petitions calling to strike down a major element of the hardline government's controversial judicial overhaul that has triggered mass protests and divided the nation. +COMPLETE DOPESHEET TO FOLLOW+ IMAGES
Hundreds of protesters are gathering near the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem against the hardline government's judicial overhaul, on the eve of a court hearing on a major element of the controversial reforms that have split the nation. +COMPLETE DOPESHEET TO FOLLOW+ IMAGES
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